Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Anti-whaling group says 3 activists injured (AP)

CANBERRA, Australia ? An anti-whaling group says three of its members suffered minor injuries when they attempted to slow a Japanese harpoon boat in the Antarctic Ocean.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says the Japanese crew threw grappling hooks on Wednesday when activists approached in two inflatable power boats in a bid to prevent the whaler from tailing the group's flagship, the Steve Irwin.

The statement says two activists sustained bruises from the hooks and a third was cut on the face by a bamboo pole thrust from the Japanese deck.

Glenn Inwood, spokesman for the whale hunt's sponsors, says the Japanese were retrieving a rope the activists had cast in a failed bid to snag the whaler's propellor. Inwood says if activists were injured, it's because they came too close.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120118/ap_on_re_as/as_antarctica_whaling

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